Blood Warm Up Flashcards
What causes polycythemia?
Excessive erythryocytes
What is the treatment for hemophilia?
-Transfusion of plasma
or
-Injections of missing clotting factor
What blood type is the universal recipient?
AB
Bleeding disorders often result from a lack of what vitamin?
Vitamin K
What is hematopoiesis?
-Blood formation
(Occurs in the red bone marrow)
What is the matrix of blood?
Plasma
How are ABO blood groups determined?
A and B antigens on the red blood cells
Which white blood cells are the most numerous?
Neutrophils
What is an embolus?
A clot that breaks away from a vessel wall and circulates freely within the blood stream
What is agglutination?
The process whereby the binding of antibodies to antigens causes RBC’s to clump
What type of antigens are on the type O blood?
Type O blood has no antigens on the red blood cells
What is RhoGAM?
The immune serum used to prevent maternal sensitization to Rh antigens
